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primage
noun 4
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5ADJ.
all, average
VERB + PRIMAGE
indicates, rate
PRIMAGE + NOUN
accu, duty, others
PREP.
with
ADV.
subsequently
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noun
1
A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.
2
An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
3
An additional import duty levied by customs.
1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932, The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th November, 1930.
noun
1
Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.
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By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.
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1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932, The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th N
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Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.
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